Abolition of the Default Retirement Age Whilst the days of staff taking a clock and cardboard box full of personal items home with them when they reach their mid-sixties is not entirely a thing of the past, it certainly cannot be relied upon by...
The New Bribery Act 2010 The Bribery Act is of huge importance to businesses. It impacts on the way in which you conduct business both home and abroad. The definition of ‘bribery’ in this context often surprises employers: it is wide-ranging and...
Social Media and The Workplace The huge increase in the use of social media is creating both opportunities and potential issues in the workplace. You only have to be a casual reader of our Employment Law Update newsletter to notice that...
Employers’ Guide To Pensions Auto Enrolment The law relating to pensions has been considerably reformed in recent years with the biggest change being that of auto-enrolment. All employers have to automatically enrol staff onto contributory...
Summary of Key Maternity Rights The law on maternity rights can appear complex and daunting. We have drawn it all together in order to provide you with a straight-forward guide. Please note that on 5th April 2015, the new Shared Parental Leave...
Reforms To Rehabilitation Periods For Offenders It’s the Government’s plan to help offenders get back into ‘honest work’ and prevent them from re-offending. Research from the Ministry of Justice shows that offenders are less likely to re-offend...
Avoiding Redundancies Reuters news agency has reported that Job-seekers in the US, faced with the highest unemployment in 25 years, are using all sorts of gimmicks to give themselves an edge in the job market. These include handing out resumes at...
Employment Law News Netflix (US internet provider of on-demand TV and film) has experienced phenomenal growth over the last decade but despite this expansion it has continued to operate the sort of ‘trust’ approach to employees that it did when...
Performance Management of Teachers In September 2012 new regulations will be introduced providing headteachers and governing bodies with a far greater degree of flexibility in implementing capability procedures. The Education (School Teachers’...
Transferring School Staff To Academies The Academies Act 2010 has given maintained schools the right to become academies (publically funded schools independent of local authority control) should they wish to do so. Academies will have greater...
How to Develop an Olympic Standard Procurement Process Schools kit scam ‘could cost schools millions’. This is, sadly, an all too familiar headline. It is estimated by industry experts that schools in England and Wales have been ‘scammed’ for...
Where Schools Get The Dismissal Procedure Wrong Where schools get the dismissal procedure wrong – how does the Tribunal view it? The case of Hill v Governing Body of Great Tey Primary School, the claimant was a mid-day dinner assistant at a...
